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will save the average worker about £75. but is that the budget rabbit that conservative backbenchers were after? the answer plainly is no, but the truth is, there was simply not enough money to deliver the cut in income tax they had demanded. after the measures announced today, the office for budget responsibility estimated the chancellor has just £8.9 billion of headroom left, down from the 13 billion he had in the autumn statement. that the second smallest on record, yet the chancellor gave us a relatively optimistic view of the economy, after covid, a war in europe, and the damage inflicted on the british economy economy this, he said, was a budget for long term growth. today s obr forecast also shows that we have made good progress on the prime minister s three economic priorities. compared to when the three pledges were made, inflation has halved, debt is falling in line with our fiscal rules, and growth is fully 1.5 percentage points higher than predicted. cla ....
hello and welcome to sportsday coming up: ireland are looking to clinch the six nations title, but it s a tense finish at twickenham. tears ofjoy for the azzurri, italy celebrate a rare six six nations win in rome, beating scotland. arsenal are looking to head back to the top of the premier league but they re not having at all their own way. it s all over for england s cricketers, a 4 1 test series defeat as they disintegrate in dharmashala inside three three days. teenager ollie bearman makes history by becoming the youngest briton to start an f1 race. and after a knockout win for anthonyjoshua, he s gunning for fury or usyk. i think they re both credible, i would love to fight them. we ll start with rugby union, because ireland, the reigning champions, are looking to clinch the six nations championship with a game to spare, they ll do that with a win over england at twickenham, it s been tight, but with a few minutes to go they lead. we ll bring the result and sho ....
aliens have never visited earth. hello, i m samantha simmonds. you re watching bbc news. we start with the war in gaza. a ship carrying humanitarian aid is expected to set sail to the territory from cyprus this weekend part of a planned maritime aid corridor. it s a joint operation between the eu, us, uk, and united arab emirates, aiming to bring supplies from cyprus to the coast of gaza. the un says a quarter of gaza s population is on the brink of famine, and children there are starving to death. organisers hope the plan could allow additional aid to be brought in, but they continue to press israel to allow more deliveries by road. these are the latest pictures from larnaca in cyprus where, as you can see, aid is being loaded onto a ship, which is due to depart in a couple of hours. the european union s ambassador to the us told the bbc a little more about the plans for the maritime corridor. hopefully the pilot, the first try to get aid, already happened over the w ....
he joined two other strikers as the leading goal scorers in the champions league this season. surprisingly, no further addition to the scoreline after the break as city cruised to an eighth win out of eight in the defence of their title this season. remarkably scoring exactly three goals in each match. manchester city have reached the quarterfinals of the champions league for seven seasons in a row now. they may make it look easy, but manager pep guardiola says it s anything but. it looks like aggregate 6 2, ok, it s not. it looks like aggregate 6 2, ok, it s easy it s not. so, at the end today, madrid suffered to go through with leipzig, and we have played them in the past, oh, it is easy. it is not, it is difficult, everything is difficult. premier league difficult, fa cup, difficult, go to luton and win, difficult. but people take it for granted now, that s good, our standards are there but we know internally, me as a manager, the players, everything is difficult. ....
but manchester city restored the two goal lead. he joined two other strikers as the leading goal scorers in the champions league this season. surprisingly, no further addition to the scoreline after the break as city cruised to an eighth win out of eight in the defence of their title this season. remarkably scoring exactly three goals in each match. manchester city have reached the quarter finals of the champions league for seven seasons in a row now. they may make it look easy but manager pep guardiola says it s anything but. it looks like aggregate 6 to, 0k, it looks like aggregate 6 to, ok, it s not. so, at the end today, madrid suffered to go through and we have played them in the past, oh, it is easy. it is not, it is difficult, everything is difficult. premier league difficult, fa cup, difficult, go to luton and win, difficult. people take it for granted now, that s good, our standards are there but we know internally, me as a manager, the players, everything is ....